Combined buckle slide and button loop



` Nov. 12, 1935.A

-c.EANDERsoN COMBINED BUQKLE SLIDE AND BUTTON LOOP vFiled Feb. 17, 1933INVENTOR BY 1 A OR EY Nov. 12', 1935.. C, 'E ANDERSON 2,020,985

I COMBINED BUCKLE SLIDE AND BUTTON' LOOP Filed Feb. 17, 1953 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTOR Y Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE COMBINED EUCKLE SLIDE AND BUTTON LOOP Application February17, 1933, Serial No. 657,171

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an improved slide for receiving the strap of agarment and having means whereby the slide can be adjusted on the strap.The improved slide is constructed in a manner to give it a maximumstiffness and stability without increasing the weight of the article.

The improved slide may also be provided with a button loop whichsuspends a button in the normal way but in addition the lever isdisposed so that it fastens a button in the loop when the lever is movedto clamping position relative to the strap. In addition to this thelever is used to anchor the strap to the article as the lever has meansfor fastening it to the end of the strap. This not only prevents theslide from slipping from the strap but the strap is thus formed into aloop which can be used as a means for pulling the lever to its freeposition. This saves time and also makes it easy to release the slideand overcomes the disadvantage present when the lever must be disengagedby the finger which often is painful especially when a linger nail isbroken due to a tight clamping of the slide on the strap.

'Ihe invention is also present in certain details of construction whichwill be more fully described hereinafter and nally embodied in theclaim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichFigure 1 is a front View of my improved slide and button loop showingpart of a garment and strap. Figure 2 is a side View of Figure 1. Figure3 is a section on line 3-3 in Figure 1. Figure 4 is a rear view of theslide and buckle detached. Figure 5 is a horizontal section on line 5 5in Figure 1. Figure 6 is a rear View of a modied form of buckle andslide. Figure 7 is a vertical section of Figure 6 with the slide openedand before the end of the strap is secured. Figure 8 is a similar viewwith the strap secured. Figure 9 is a rear view of the buckle shown inFigure 1 with the frame or face plate modified to show a different formof pivoting means for the lever. Figure 10 is a section of Figure 9 withthe lever removed. Figure 11 ls a section on line II-II in Figure 9.Figure 12 is a detail perspective view of still another modied form ofhinging support for the lever and Figure 13 is a similar view showingthe parts before the bearing has been bent over. Figure 14 is a detailsection of a corner of the main part of the buckle showing a modifiedform of pivotal support or bearing for the lever. Figure 15 is a detailView of one end of the lever showing my improved form of pintle.

The main part of the slide comprises a face plate III which issubstantially rectangular for threading the strap I Ila therethrough andhas a depressed part I2 forming a button loop. The button loop openingextends upwardly and ares intoI a broad opening, the upper edge I4 ofwhich Il is bowed or arched to provide a clear space for the insertionor removal of a button. The button I6 is thus readily removed from orplaced into the button loop I3 with the shank I5 of the button seated inthe loop when the parts are as- 10 sembled.

'Ihe strap II)a is held by a lever I'I which has an arm I8 extending aproper distance to fasten and hold the strap Illa against the rear faceof the face plate. The lever has a second arm I9 sub- 15 stantially at aright angle to the arm I8 and with its bottom edge at a line to form aclosure for the button entrance of the loop I3. The bottom edge 20 thusforms a latch or holder to retain the button I 6 in the button loop andprevent 20 the loop riding 01T the button when the tensional strainbetween the loop and bottom is lessened. The lever thus acts to clampthe strap to the face plate and at the same time confines the button tothe button loop. AThe material of the strap 25 threaded between thelever and the face plate also acts as a cushion for the end of the leveras does the material to which the button is attached. This form ofbuckle requires the insertion of the button from the rear and the leverand the cush- 30 ion so formed prevent the canting of the upper part ofthe button in the loop.

'I'he face plate is usually stiffened by marginal anges, the sideflanges 2| acting to brace the ears 22.

The ears are struck up from the front of the face plate and areperforated. The lever I'I has its side ends formed into studs or pintles23 which enter the perforations of the ears and thus act as pivots forthe lever. The improved form of pintle is shown in detail in Figure l5.The blank is formed in a manner to cause the pintle to extend from thebend in the lever to form a pin that is L-shaped with a rounded outerbearing face 23ab to bear on the inside of the bearing 22 or itsequivalent when the lever is swung. This form is stiflened by thedivergent arms of the pintle and resists bending pressure exerted on therounded face 23a.

The top flange 24 of the face plate not only 50 stiffens the plate butco-operates with the arm I8 of the lever in causing a sharp turn 25 inthe strap which provides a better hold on the strap.

The strap is held from sliding either longitudinally or bunchinglaterally by reason of the depressions 26 in the face plate andcorresponding teeth or projections 21 on the arm I8 of the lever. Theentrance of the teeth is easy as the depressions 26 are extended in thedirection of movement of the lever and the teeth can be forced into orout of the depressed parts with ease.

The lever I'I is provided with means for securely holding the end of thestrap |05. In Figures 1 to 5 I show such means. in the doubled over end28 of the lever I8. The end is doubled back toward the pivot and afterthe end 29 of the strap is inserted the end 28 is pressed down. Thestrap, having been rst threaded through the slide, forms a loop 30 whichserves as a flap prevents the slide from becoming detached by slidingfrom the strap as the slide has no other means of fastening it to thestrap.

In Figures 6 to 8, I show a modification. The

modification is the means for fastening the strap.V TInstead of bendingthe bottom of the arm I9 over the arm is provided with teeth 3I struckup from the arm itself. y The teethare spaced from the perforations 32formed Yby the stamping of the teeth far enough to allow the end 29 ofthe strap to pass under the teeth. This is shown in This of pivotalsupport for the lever. The flanges 2I are provided with ears 33 bentover on the inside of the flanges to form a double'thickness.' Theflange 2| braces the ears 33 and the whole structure is betterV adaptedto resist spreading. i This construction has the same advantage of thatshown in Figures 1 to 5 in that the flange 2| forms a smooth exteriorand the ends of the pins or projections 23 are not exposed forengagement with the clothing or with the fingers. 10 In Figure 14. Ishow still another modification which consistsV in punching a part 36inwardly from the side flange 2 I, on. each side of the face plate andperforating the parts to be punched as at 31. The smooth outsideappearance is pres-V 15 ent in all these constructions of pivotalsupport but in both of the later showings the front of the face plate isnot perforated above the button loop as is the case in the first one.

. In Figures 12 and 13 the hinge element. `is 20 formed by blankingoutthe face plate withgthe Y small flaps 34 extending from the edge ofthe' flanges 2| andrthen bending them to form theV cylindrical bearings35 for the pins 23. g A

The forms and proportions of the parts may f25" be varied to suitvarious requirements without departing from the scope of my invention.

A combined slide'and buckle comprising a face plate having a dependingportion with an openso" ing aboveit to form a button loop, a leverpivot-A ed to the face plate at the back and having one4 arm to clamp astrap to the back of the face plate and having a second arm to liewithits bottom edge to form a closure for the button loop 35 When thelever isV in clamping position, means V01'1 the second arm for securingthe end of a` strap. and a strap between the lever and the backrof theface plate and with its end securedto the second arm to form a loop, thematerial of the 40 strap forming a cushion between the second arm andthe button and material to which the button, is secured. I y

CARLA E, ANDERSON.

